News in Brief: October 13, 2015

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Today, officials identify what took down flight MH17, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are expecting a baby, and much more. Read on for your full roundup of news in brief:

A missile launched from rebel-held Ukraine ripped the cockpit from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Dutch investigators reported. They added that some passengers may have remained conscious for another minute or so as the airflow tore off their clothes and objects spinning through the cabin killed people in neighboring seats.